Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-14
CAPITAL BUDGET.
TREASURY NOTES.

Conn, OF his appointment as treasurer
the United States, and it is supposed tha
the new appoiutee will file his bond an
take the oath of office early next week
The transfer of the Office from the out
going to the incoming treasurer will IN
volve count of all the cash and securitic
in the treasury and an examination of TIN
books aad records and accounts of the OF
fee It is estimated that this will consume
at least two months time.
EXPORT STATISTICS.
The chief Of the bureau OF statistics re
ports the total value of the exports from
the United States of the under mentioned
articles as follows:
Beef and pork products, six month.
ending April 80, 1887, 81, 342; 1886, s37,
S41, 191.
Dairy products, twelve months ending
April 30, 1897, S9.051, 284; 1886, So, $780,
1866.
Cattle, ten months ending April 30, 1887
s. al7 ,S01; 1886, Sc, 949, $50.
Hogs, ten months ending April 80 1897,
SAL So; 1885, Sc, 949, 1856 Hogs products,
twelve months ending April 30, 1857,
S41S, 81; 1856, $499, 400.
AFALsE REPORT.
1t is said at the treasury department that
there Is no foundation for the report that a
United States marshal will sell at public
auction the British vessels Onward and
Thornton, seized last July for violating
seal fishery laws. The vessels mentioned
were released by this government some
time ago
Inquiry at the department Of state re.
garding the British vessels seized in
Behring sea last summer discloses the fact
that no demand has ever been made by the
British government for their release.
Nor has any claim for damages caused by
the seizures been made upon the govern
ment of the United States The CORES
pOndence between the two governments,
from the English government reciting the
fact of the seizure and asking for inforrna.
ton regarding the details, was received in
September last and Secretary Bayard i'm
medfately began an examination OF the
matter. 1t became necessary to secure the
record of the proceedings before the United
States court which had resulted in the CON
demnation of the sealers, and
it was not until the fol
lowing February that this was
received at the department. 4 careful
examination was then made of the law and
of the treaty of cession by which the Uni
ted States became possessed Of Alaska,
which resulted in the order for the release
Of the seized vessels The facts that the
sealers had been released was communica-
ted to the British government and that was
about all there was Of the correspondence
on the subject
There has been occasion for this govern
ment 10 make an official declaration of the
extent Of its Jurisdiction over the waters
of Behring sea. The matter received
u careful examination, however, and
the details Of the treaty and
prior correspondence on the general sub
jeet of marine jurisdiction were studied
1t was found that the boundary line be-
tween the Russian and United States pos
sessions, as defined by the treaty, divided
the waters ri BehIing sea into two parts
which would tend TO negative the idea that
it was a CLOSED sea, as the term is IN
derstood. This government has also resist
ed vigorously the claim Of Russia to juris-
diCti0n over the sea of Ochatsk which at
the time was almost surrounded by Russian
possessions, and refused TO acknowledge
Russia's claim or jurisdiction over
BehFiug Sea- Before the cession
OF Alaska in 1870, however
congress passed lie laws for the protection
of the fisheries Of Behring sea, and by its
decision sustaining the seizures. The
Alaskan courts appear to have affirmed the
jurisdiction thus asserted. Meanwhile be-
fore assuming & final stand on the question
of jurisdiction the department Of state is
awaiting with interest the result of the
suit for S22 800 brought in Massachusetts,
and against Capt. Abner of the Corwin by
the owners of the American Sierra, which
was also seized last summer in Alaskan
waters, fifty miles from the nearest land
NORTHERN PACIFIC LAND GRANTS.
Col. Geo Gray and ". r. Mundcnhall,
counsel for the Northern Pacific railroad,
will tomorrow have conference with Secre
tarv Lamar with view to an amicabe,
speedy adjustment OF the Northern Pacific
indemnity land question recently brought
into prominence by President Cleveland's
letter to the secretary Of the interior In the
Gnilford Miller ease. Col. Gray said To-
day while rsgrettiBg the mistake Of the
president to facts IN the Miller case, the
Northern Pacific Company was entirely
willing tv submit TO the conclusions arrived
at. Col. Grays proposition to the
secretary, briefly. is that the com
pany, as its own expense, ascer-
tain as nearly Is possible by best descrip-
tons obtainable the amount Of losses sus
tanned by the company within the unsur-
veyed granted limits Of the road; amount
of losses within surveyed granted limits to
be obtained from records of the general
land office; the indemnity to these losses to
be selected by the company from unoccu-
pied adjacent lands within the limits of
indemnity, as contemplated by the grant
ing act; that all lands remaining after such
selections are made and approved by the
interior department be.immediately thrown
open to settlement entry, and for any
losses subsequently discovered the com
pany take its chances and make lis selec
tons from unoccupied lands.